No they only go outside in their pots, sheltered, in late spring. It’s west Michigan east of Grand Rapids. It’s been in the teens and will warm up to the low 20’s today. 4” of fresh snow to plow this afternoon.
The birds get fed in early December until spring. And there is a beef suet cage. Lots of woodpeckers even the big pileated ones. In the spring the suet cage comes down and the hummingbird feeder goes up. I don’t put out any bird seed until April on. Plenty of natural food. We do have a nice birdbath and they use that a lot. Just about every songbird you can think of. Seed eaters and insect eaters.
I do have 3 double amaryllis out of the 10 I have. I used to grow orchids, its a sickness really. I had 26 at one point. Lots to care for. Amaryllis are the easiest.
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They have Heirloom and Organic seed as well.
Last year, my family got me a Bird Buddy bird feeder - the one with the camera inside (not cheap, but they went in together). One of the great pleasures of my evening is to review the footage from my feeder at the end of the day - the Bird Buddy identifies the type of bird - and has a feed so you can see other people’s feeders from around the world. I really love it - and bought the hummingbird one for myself - unfortunately from a cheaper brand, the fish-eye camera is too large for the area, I have four types of hummingbirds that visit my feeder!
You can add a suet holder to the Bird Buddy if you have those types of birds (I do not) - or a water bowl, I just have the basic equipment and use bird seed from Costco. Looking forward to spring when I get the really unusual birds that fly through our area, otherwise it’s mostly house finches, sparrows of all types and the occasional cow bird.